8.30.08

Marci... It's my oldest sister's birthday today. Happy Birthday Marci!! I am sure it's difficult being the oldest in any family. You typically have to experience everything first, you have to go through report cards, dating, real life, kids, and other various growing pains. Marci has done a very excellent job doing this... Good Job Marci!! My love of music stems from Marci.
She taught me (directly/indirectly) that it's ok to like whatever music you want to... and it's even ok to like music that crosses multiple genres... in fact, it's even better that way!!
Last night, Marci informed me of some sad news, She told me that she drinks Pepsi... I was sad. However, just like her philosophy in music, I need to use that same philosophy when it comes to carbonated beverages... So, Marci, it's ok if you like Pepsi... I still like you (and Coke).

PS... I realize I have been gone from the blog world for awhile... More about that to come.

8.12.08

Easy Cheese...I wish life were as easy as using Easy Cheese claims to be. I love this stuff. It's no mystery that I love cheese and its many by-products. Isn't it amazing that they put cheese into an aerosol can and they get to call it easy? I love to make designs on my crackers or put enormous amounts of it on celery... I'm bad, but can you blame me? It's just so easy. BE WARNED, they really mean it when they say "Do Not Refigerate." It ruins the entire can and you will never be able to get your cheese product to come out.... In fact, most likely, you'll break the spout and it will be lost forever..... Mmmm...Easy Cheese!

8.06.08

Wedding Photo (Yikes!)... It's a Wednesday...which deserves a laugh for being in the middle of the week. I am really not sure how these two felt comfortable having this set of pictures on everyone's refrigerator's for a a month. I mean, come on now.... sunglasses? braces? nerdiness? If I didn't know any better (and I don't) I'd think these two were 12 and thought would be a "good idea" to get married.... whatever.

8.04.08

DVD Labels... Someone in Hollywood deserves to have their Oscar for technical achievement taken away for coming up with the most annoying packaging known to man... DVD Labels/Stickers. GRRR!!! They have gotten worse than CDs. They sometimes have up to 3!!! and then they have those stupid plastic tags that have to be taken off in order to easily open the DVD. Thanks A LOT Hollywood. You sue us for watching YouTube videos, you treat us like toddlers with child-proof packaging, and you award yourself for acheivement.... Stupid!

8.03.08

Britney Challenge (Binge & Purge)... If you read any of my last 5 week's blog entries, you know that I set myself to a challenge to listen to all of Britney Spears' studio albums (one album per week). Looking back, I consider this experience similar to a binge and now it's time to purge. I like numbers, so let's summarize (where possible) the past month in numbers:

On average I listened to each album 5 times.

• Baby One More Time (11 Tracks, 42.4 Minutes)
• Oops! I Did It Again (12 Tracks, 44.3 Minutes)
• Britney (12 Tracks, 39.6 Minutes)
• In The Zone (15 Tracks, 57.6 Minutes)
• Blackout (14 Tracks, 50.7 Minutes)

Subtotals (64 Tracks, 234.6 Minutes)

Totals (5X) (320 Tracks, 1173 Minutes)

What this all means is I spent a lot of time listening to a lot of Britney Spears over the last month. What have I learned from all the pop intake? Nothing really, except for the fact that I can't listen to one "artist" for such a concentrated period of time. It makes my ears hurt. So, there is my purge. Thanks.

PS.... 1173 minutes is 19.55 hours...Yikes, I should have been reading.

8.02.08

Britney Challenge (Week 5)... It's Britney Snitch! I made it to the end of my challenge. In the concept phase of this challenge I assumed it would be easy. In the middle it got difficult and by the end I felt I could throw up Britney. If you are looking to explore Britney's "music" career for yourself, I would definitely recommend beginning with Blackout. I thought In the Zone was my favorite album. I was wrong... Blackout is where it's at. I think this really stems from the lack of promotion on behalf of her record label. It makes the album a little more unknown and therefore not tired out.

Notable Tracks:

Gimme More (Great lead single with great beat, perfect to start a party)
Piece of Me (Britney's shout to the Paparazzi... "Are you sure you wanna piece of me?")
Radar (Another fantastic track)
Break The Ice (As the song's title insinuates, she is re-breaking the ice with her fans, because she knows "it's been awhile")
Heaven On Earth (This was the surprise track of the album, I had brushed it off as filler, but after a better listen, I ended up really liking this track. Particularly, the chorus)
Freakshow (Love the Beat)
Toy Soldier (If you like Gwen Stefani's more upbeat stuff, You'll love this song)
Hot As Ice (Just a fun song with goofy pop lyrics)
Ooh Ooh Baby (Keep on Dancin'!!)

What more can I say when I like more than half the tracks on an album? I know not everyone likes Britney (and that's ok) but if you like a fun pop song from time to time, give some of the tracks on this album a try.